On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 16:33, Ing. Branislav Gerzo wrote: > Mariano Cunietti [MC], on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 at 16:19 (+0100) > typed: > > MC> I was wondering if there is anybody who can show me the *correct* way to > MC> use a fast pattern-search-and-assign. > MC> I mean: I am extracting viertual aliases from a postfix config file: > > 1. you did not change subject > 2. if you even did, it is bad posting, if you reply to something and > change subject (bad references) > 3. always make new message and fill TO field with beginners@perl.org
sorry, put the Lame on me...I missed to change the subject while creating a new post > MC> # cannot use 'split' function, some statements in the second field may > MC> contain whitespaces (e.g. ERROR "blah blah") > MC> my ($virtual, $address) = ($_ =~ /^([^\s]+) (.*)$/); > > I am not on UNIX, but I should help you, if you send some example > data (always do that). here are some example data: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mbiondi [EMAIL PROTECTED] salesenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] cbersa [EMAIL PROTECTED] aluffstampa [EMAIL PROTECTED] contab1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] sales [EMAIL PROTECTED] sonia [EMAIL PROTECTED] aliasupersonale [EMAIL PROTECTED] noautostaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] aliasecurity [EMAIL PROTECTED] fgiannil [EMAIL PROTECTED] fgiannil [EMAIL PROTECTED] renea [EMAIL PROTECTED] sergio [EMAIL PROTECTED] vpiazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] alazzara @consulting.it euconsulting It seems something goes wrong with the regexp, assigning the whole $_ to first variable > -- > > ...m8s, cu l8r, Brano. > > ["Two wrongs do not make a right; it usually takes three or more." > L.Long] -- ----------------------------- Mariano Cunietti System Administrator Enter S.r.l. Via Stefanardo da Vimercate, 28 20128 - Milano - Italy Tel. +39 02 25514319 Fax +39 02 25514303 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.enter.it - www.enterpoint.it ----------------------------- Gruppo Y2K - www.gruppoy2k.it -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>